Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2020-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Wednesday: Steer calves steady to 2.00 higher advance on 400 to 500 lbs. Heifer calves under 500 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, over 500 lbs steady to 5.00 higher advance on 500 to 550 lbs. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.08/cwt on 199 head.

Average price

$149.08

199 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$801

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$93

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$2.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.31

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	497	150.73	749	88
Medium and Large 1	570	147.78	842	111

One grade step is worth $2.96/cwt here — about −$93 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale199 hd

149.08

—

CO average4 barns · 2,120 hd

152.39

−3.31

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,871	89.62	1,676	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,466	64.64	948	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,129	58.04	655	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,105	54.00	597	1thin

Every lot, as filed

30 lots · USDA AMS · La Junta Livestock Commision - La Junta, CO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	448	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	645	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	503	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	724	23
Bulls	—	—	1,718	85.26/cwt	81.00–88.00	1,465	6
Bulls	—	—	2,023	93.98/cwt	93.00–95.00	1,901	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	978	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	391	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	57.51/cwt	53.00–59.00	683	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,121	61.75/cwt	60.00–66.00	692	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	935	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	148.00/cwt	146.00–149.00	798	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	141.60/cwt	141.00–142.00	830	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	154.75/cwt	151.00–158.00	817	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	961	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	161.95/cwt	160.00–165.00	695	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	156.36/cwt	153.00–162.00	721	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	135.14/cwt	134.50–136.00	915	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	643	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	974	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	595	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	796	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	523	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	132.50/cwt	132.00–133.00	576	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	612	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	681	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	132.53/cwt	131.00–136.00	745	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	63.85/cwt	62.00–65.50	951	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	597	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	710	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	758	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	145.12/cwt	144.00–146.00	570	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	812	18

How this sale compares

Colorado weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Colorado auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Colorado feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

La Junta Livestock Commision - La Junta, CO

Wed Sep 9, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Greeley, CO (LS-GL)

Feeder CattleReceipts 482Last week 725Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 172Last week 221Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	448	144.00	144.00
23	—	503	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	658	121.00	121.00
9	—	371	141.00	141.00
10	—	435	132.00–133.00	132.50
15	—	467	131.00	131.00
17	—	512	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	511	139.00	139.00
11	—	557	136.00	136.00
16	—	393	144.00–146.00	145.12
18	—	606	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	539	146.00–149.00	148.00
2	—	763	126.00	126.00
35	—	429	160.00–165.00	161.95
4	—	374	172.00	172.00
5	—	738	132.00	132.00
6	—	329	181.00	181.00
27	—	562	131.00–136.00	132.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	586	141.00–142.00	141.60
52	—	528	151.00–158.00	154.75
15	—	461	153.00–162.00	156.36
34	—	677	134.50–136.00	135.14

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,718	81.00–88.00	85.26
6	—	2,023	93.00–95.00	93.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	978	40.00	40.00
10	—	1,187	53.00–59.00	57.51
16	—	1,121	60.00–66.00	61.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,395	67.00	67.00
3	—	1,490	62.00–65.50	63.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	54.00	54.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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